Iphone Case Timeline
1. InforGear filed Iphone mark with USPTO March 1996
2. InfoGear began selling their telephone with internet connectivity in 1997 (combined a telephone and dialup Internet portal) The original iPhone trademark registration covered integrated telephone communication with computer networks
3. 2000 Cysco Systems acquired InfoGear, thereby acquiring the Iphone mark
4. Cysco used the IPhone mark for its VOIP after the acquisition
5. In 2001 Apple commenced negotiations with Cysco to license use of the IPhone mark.
6. Negotiations continued through 2006 but Cysco did not agree
7. September 22, 2006 Apple formed Ocean Telecom Services LLC
8. Same day Apple filed an Intent to Use Application with USPTO
9. Ocean Telecom claimed a prior right based on Trinidad filing of March27, 2007.
10. September 19, 2006, Apple filed an application to register the iPhone trademark in Australia (V also claimed a prior right to the iPhone mark based on the same trademark filing in Trinidad and Tobago)
11. International Trademark law allows filing in another state based on filing in one.( The effective date of trademark protection in the United States, however, was the date the original applications were filed in Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, not when the registration was filed in the United States) Madrid Protocol allows for a trademark holder in another country to file an international registration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
12. On December 18, 2006, Cisco launched its new iPhone product
13. On January 10, 2007, one day after the Apple iPhone introduction, Cisco filed a lawsuit against Apple for trademark infringement
2. InfoGear began selling their telephone with internet connectivity in 1997 (combined a telephone and dialup Internet portal) The original iPhone trademark registration covered integrated telephone communication with computer networks
3. 2000 Cysco Systems acquired InfoGear, thereby acquiring the Iphone mark
4. Cysco used the IPhone mark for its VOIP after the acquisition
5. In 2001 Apple commenced negotiations with Cysco to license use of the IPhone mark.
6. Negotiations continued through 2006 but Cysco did not agree
7. September 22, 2006 Apple formed Ocean Telecom Services LLC
8. Same day Apple filed an Intent to Use Application with USPTO
9. Ocean Telecom claimed a prior right based on Trinidad filing of March27, 2007.
10. September 19, 2006, Apple filed an application to register the iPhone trademark in Australia (V also claimed a prior right to the iPhone mark based on the same trademark filing in Trinidad and Tobago)
11. International Trademark law allows filing in another state based on filing in one.( The effective date of trademark protection in the United States, however, was the date the original applications were filed in Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, not when the registration was filed in the United States) Madrid Protocol allows for a trademark holder in another country to file an international registration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
12. On December 18, 2006, Cisco launched its new iPhone product
13. On January 10, 2007, one day after the Apple iPhone introduction, Cisco filed a lawsuit against Apple for trademark infringement